This blog chronicles the activities of a meditation group in Bancroft, Ontario and provides instruction in insight meditation. Meditation concepts are explained in terms of Western psychology and in terms of the Buddhist concepts from which this style of meditation derives. Dr. Alan McAllister, a psychologist practicing in Bancroft, is the author of the blog and the facilitator of the group which meets periodically for 8-10 sessions twice a year.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Guarding the six sense doors (part 3)

The simile of the ant hill (as quoted by Ven. Samahita):

One should dwell like the snake, which sees the mouse hide in ant-hill with six openings! By lying rolled up on the anthill - constantly watching - the snake remains on the thought: Out of which hole may this mouse appear ?! Even so one thinks: Through which sense door may the next contact appear ?!

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I am a psychologist working in a community clinic in a small town in rural Ontario. I have practiced meditation off and on since I was an undergraduate university student. I have been practicing meditation in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition since 2001.